17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,

by the thick darkness that covers my face.

17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness,

Neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

17 Darkness is all around me;

thick, impenetrable darkness is everywhere.

17 Because I was not cut off from the presence of darkness,

And He did not hide deep darkness from my face.

17 But I am not hidden by the darkness,

by the thick darkness that covers my face.

17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness,

Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.

17 But I am not silenced by the dark 

or by the thick darkness that covers my face. 

17 Yet I am not destroyed by the darkness,

by the thick darkness that covers my face.

17 If only I could vanish in darkness,

and thick darkness would cover my face!

17 Indeed, I have not been silenced because of darkness,

and because of me he conceals thick darkness.

17 But even the darkness of death won’t make me silent.

When the darkness of the grave covers my face, I won’t be quiet.

17 But I am not silenced by the darkness,

Nor deep gloom which covers me.